The black panther party

Six years down with a lifetime to go.

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Fred Hampton The Black Panther newspaper (December 5, 1970) Artist: Emory Douglas

In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Searle, who had met at Merritt College, a public community college in Oakland, California, founded the Black Panther Party. Originally the Panthers were more about community organisation and could almost have been described as a neighbourhood watch scheme (the original name was the Black Panther Party of … Continue reading "Extraordinary Pictures, Posters and Flyers of the Black Panther Party, 1967-1972"

The official organ of the Black Panther Party

Shames talks about the Panthers, their ethos and why the mobile phone has replaced the gun

The Black Panther party burst upon our consciousness when Bobby Seale and other Panthers marched upon the California State Capitol in Sacramento—armed with guns. This approach electrified a generation of black youth. But the Panthers did not encourage hatred. Their “black pride” was not based on denigrating whites, but on showing the black community that they were in control of their own destiny.

Comrade Sisters contains 100 photographs by photographer Stephen Shames that tell the story of the women of the Black Panther Party.